Interesting facts about Valentines Day and 8th March

1. Teachers will receive the most Valentine's Day cards, followed by children,
mothers, wives and pets.
2. 189 million stems of roses are sold in the U.S. on Valentine's Day.
3. The red rose was the favorite flower of Venus, the Roman goddess of love.
4. In Victorian times it was considered bad luck to sign a Valentines Day card.
5. Based on retail statistics, about 3 per cent of pet owners will give Valentines Day
gifts to their pets.
6. Girls of medieval times ate bizarre foods on St. Valentine's Day to make them
dream of their future spouse.
7. In 1537, England's King Henry VII officially declared Feb. 14 the holiday of St.
Valentine's Day.
8. Physicians of the 1800s commonly advised their patients to eat chocolate to calm
their pining for lost love.
9. Richard Cadbury produced the first box of chocolates for Valentine's Day in the
late 1800s.
10. 73 percent of people who buy flowers for Valentine's Day are men, while only 27
percent are women.
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International Women's Day is the time to inspire women across the world and celebrate
their achievements. Go through these interesting facts on International Women's
Day and acquaint yourself with the occasion:

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1. The United Nations began observing International Women's Day, March 8, in
1975 - the International Women's Year.
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2. In the United States, the first IWD was observed on 28 February 1909 following a
declaration by the Socialist Party of America.
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3. In 1910 the first international women's conference was held in Copenhagen.
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4. On May 8, 1965 International Women's Day was declared as a non working day in
the USSR, by the decree of the USSR Presidium of the Supreme Soviet.
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5. In 1975, which had been designated as International Womens Year, the United
Nations gave official sanction to International Women's Day and began
sponsoring it.
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6. The first International Women's Day was launched on 8 March 1911 in
Copenhagen by Clara Zetkin, Leader of the 'Women's Office' for the Social
Democratic Party in Germany.
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7. On the eve of World War I campaigning for peace, Russian women observed their
first International Women's Day on the last Sunday in February 1913.
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8. In the United States, women continued to celebrate National Women's Day on the
last Sunday of February until 1913.
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9. International Women's Day is annually celebrated in the United States every 8th
of March. The United States even designates the whole month of March as
'Women's History Month'.
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10. 2011 will be the Centenary Year of the observance of International Women's Day.
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